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diff --git a/include/linux/ihex.h b/include/linux/ihex.h
index df89edd890ae..2baace2788a7 100644
--- a/include/linux/ihex.h
+++ b/include/linux/ihex.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/firmware.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
/* Intel HEX files actually limit the length to 256 bytes, but we have
drivers which would benefit from using separate records which are
@@ -47,4 +48,27 @@ static inline int ihex_validate_fw(const struct firmware *fw)
}
return -EINVAL;
}
+
+/* Request firmware and validate it so that we can trust we won't
+ * run off the end while reading records... */
+static inline int request_ihex_firmware(const struct firmware **fw,
+ const char *fw_name,
+ struct device *dev)
+{
+ const struct firmware *lfw;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = request_firmware(&lfw, fw_name, dev);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ ret = ihex_validate_fw(lfw);
+ if (ret) {
+ dev_err(dev, "Firmware \"%s\" not valid IHEX records\n",
+ fw_name);
+ release_firmware(lfw);
+ return ret;
+ }
+ *fw = lfw;
+ return 0;
+}
#endif /* __LINUX_IHEX_H__ */